Supporters of Medical Doctor; Nana Yaw Boakye were visibly angry when they accompanied their candidate to the NPP office at Ahinsan to pick nomination forms only to meet the party offices locked up. The supporters who spoke to Bernard Buachi accused the party Chairman and the incumbent MP of colluding …
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Sammy Gyamfi speaks after bail by police
The Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has spoken after he releases from police custody. The NDC official was arrested by the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Monday, January 27 after a program on UTV. In his interaction with the media after he was granted …
Read More »Midwife calls for security for CHPS compound
Madam Faustina Lami Abatera, the Midwife in charge of the Kolinvai Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound located in the East Mumprusi Municipality of the North East Region has called for security guards to protect the facility and medical equipment. She said the facility which has a nurses’ quarters …
Read More »Mahama’s Desperation Turns Him Into A “Comedian”
If you are hankering for a place to kick the boredom that has gained roots in your system away, look no further than Mahama and his assigns. If you miss Bishop Bob Okala of yesteryear, calm down your nostalgia, for you are about to be ushered into a world filled …
Read More »Takoradi-Tarkwa railway ready for free passenger service
The Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL) has successfully completed its reformation exercise on the Takoradi-Tarkwa Railway line and urged the public to patronize its services for free on the stretch beginning today, Tuesday January 28. The GRCL said it was fully prepared to begin passenger services after a concurrent test …
Read More »SHSs risk closure over lack of funds and food
Senior High Schools in the country risk closure over lack of funds and shortage of food. Funds have not been disbursed to the schools since the beginning of the 2019/2020 academic year affecting the smooth running of the schools. Starr News checks in the Eastern region reveal most schools have …
Read More »Sammy Gyamfi granted bail
The National Communications Officer for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has been granted bail. Sammy Gyamfi was picked up at the premises of UTV at Abeka Junction in Accra earlier today, Monday, January 27, 2020. He was arrested in connection with his alleged involvement in forgery and attempts to …
Read More »IMANI exposes massive conflict of interest at EC
A Vice-President of Policy Think Tank, Imani Center for Policy & Education, has delivered the biggest blow yet to the ongoing discussion on the prudence in spending GHC400 million to compile a new voters’ register by the Electoral Commission (EC) led by Jean Mensah, by exposing a selfish agenda of …
Read More »OccupyGhana demands return of gov’t vehicles ‘illegally’ sold to political appointees
Pressure group OccupyGhana is demanding that the Akufo-Addo government complies with the law in the sale of 361 government vehicles to political appointees between December 29, 2016, and January 6, 2017. In a statement Monday, the group also demanded a return of all of those vehicles to government for due …
Read More »Akufo-Addo picks nomination forms
President Akufo-Addo’s Special Advisor, Victor Newman has picked presidential nomination forms on his behalf at the New Patriotic Party’s Headquarters in Accra. The President is the first to pick presidential nomination forms since the party opened nominations on January 20. President Akufo-Addo was unable to pick the forms on his own …
Read More »Sammy Gyamfi granted bail
A few hours after five officials believed to be from the Bureau of National Investigations arrested the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gymafi the outspoken stalwart has been granted bail. Sammy Gyamfi was arrested while heading towards his car after participating in a television discussion on Accra-based UTV. …
Read More »Sammy Gyamfi threatens ‘mass actions’ against EC
Communications Director for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has threatened “mass actions” against the Electoral Commission. The NDC Communications Director, speaking on Citi FM News, noted that the Inter-Party resistance against the EC’s decision to compile a new voters’ register will soar up and that the group …
Read More »Update: Ofosu Ampofo, NDC members storm CID headquarters over Sammy Gyamfi
Some high profile lawyers and personalities of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have thronged the Headquarters of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) following the arrest of the party’s National Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi Monday morning. According to Starr news reporter at the premises Daniel Lartey, personalities like party Chairman Samuel …
Read More »HOT: Ken Agyapong attacks Franklin Cudjoe for insulting MPs
Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has descended heavily on IMANI boss, Franklin Cudjoe, for allegedly calling MPs drunkards. The outspoken lawmaker took Franklin Cudjoe to the cleaners as he bombarded him with unprintable words, as well as describing him as a dishonest person. Mr. Agyepong …
Read More »NDC’s Sammy Gyamfi arrested
Reliable information reaching www.ghanaweb.com indicates that Communications Director of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gyamfi, has been picked up by officers of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI). According to GhanaWeb’s sources, Sammy Gyamfi was picked up by the officers at the premises of Despite Media, after making an …
Read More »EC ready for ROPAL
Ghanaians living abroad will vote in this year’s elections; the first time the franchise is being extended to them. In an interview with DAILY GUIDE last Saturday, Dr. Eric Bossman Asare, a Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) in charge of Administration, said this would be in consonance with …
Read More »Ghana Health Service calls for forensic probe into conduct of Internal Audit Director
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has called for a forensic probe into the conduct of the Director, Internal Audit Division of the GHS, Mr Kwabena Hemeng-Ntiamoah, who is alleged to have misappropriated millions of cedis meant for audit assignments. A document sighted by the Ghanaian Times suggested that the forensic …
Read More »Ghana tightens surveillance as Cote d’Ivoire deal with suspected coronavirus case
Health officials in Ghana have tightened surveillance at Ghana’s border with Cote d’Ivoire after a suspected case of coronavirus was reported. Ever since the disease surfaced in China, many countries are on the alert to ensure it does not find its way to their setting. The Director-General of the Ghana …
Read More »Gov’t to distribute over 300 ambulances Tuesday
Emergency healthcare services in Ghana are to receive a major boost from this week, following the dispatch of over 300 Ambulances, over 300 EMT Drivers and support staff and 30 Dispatchers to 275 constituencies nationwide from Tuesday. The ambulances were procured under the government Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) …
Read More »We’ve not imported faulty BVDs from Nigeria – EC
The Electoral Commission has dismissed claims that it has imported some faulty biometric devices from Nigeria. According to the commission, such suggestions by one Owula Mangortey in an article making on social media, are false and must be ignored. “The Electoral Commission has noted with concern an article circulating on …
Read More »Mills had people with brains around him; Mahama pushed them away – Nunoo-Mensah
Former National Security Advisor Brigadier (rtd) Joseph Nunoo-Mensah has accused former President John Dramani Mahama of distancing himself from experienced and principled statesmen during his tenure as president. According to the retired army officer Mahama virtually clearing the house of experienced and competent people was an act of Mahama cutting …
Read More »We’ve not imported faulty BVDs from Nigeria – EC
The Electoral Commission has dismissed claims that it has imported some faulty biometric devices from Nigeria. According to the commission, such suggestions by one Owula Mangortey in an article making rounds on social media, are false and must be ignored. “The Electoral Commission has noted with concern an article circulating …
Read More »Gambaga Girls SHS abolishes double track system
The Gambaga Girls Senior High School (SHS) in the East Mumprusi Municipality of the North East Region has reverted from the ‘Double Track System’ to Single Track owing to massive infrastructural development in the school. The ‘Double Track System,’ under the Free SHS policy was in two sessions; the Green …
Read More »Ex-assembly members to receive over ¢67k in ex-gratia next week
Former assembly members of the Kwahu Afram Plains North District Assembly will next week be paid their ex-gratia totalling over 67,000 cedis. Each of the 31 elected members who served between October 2015 and October 2019 will receive 1,500 cedis while the 28 government appointees who also served for the …
Read More »Abronye finally served with GHC10m defamatory suit
Court bailiffs have successfully served the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe popularly known as Abronye DC with a defamatory suit filed against him by former CEO of COCOBOD, Dr. Stephen Opuni. The plaintiff is seeking 10 million cedis in general damages against Abronye for …
Read More »Confirmed: Obour joins NPP parliamentary race
Former President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bice Osei Kuffour, popularly known as Obour, has confirmed his bid to contest the upcoming parliamentary primaries of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). The ‘Konkontiba’ hitmaker will be contesting in the Asante Akyem South constituency where he has initiated several …
Read More »New register saga: EC has disrespected Otumfuo – NDC
The main opposition National Democratic Congress says the Electoral Commission (EC) has shown utter disrespect and disregard to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II after going ahead to announce date for the commencement of the compilation of the new register. “Its very very unholy and unacceptable” Deputy General Secretary, of the National …
Read More »Pupils abandon school as cult clashes claim 13 lives
Thirteen suspected cultists have been killed in the ongoing clash between members of the Eiye and Aiye confraternities in the Ijede Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. Residents lamented that they were unsafe as the cultists freely use sophisticated weapons in the Luwasa, Igbe and Ijede areas of Ikorodu. …
Read More »Latest Corruption Perception Index shows Nana Addo’s failed corruption fight – NDC
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said Ghana’s latest score on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) signifies President Nana Akufo-Addo’s failed fight against corruption. Ghana ranked 80 out of 180 countries on the 2019 CPI, which is prepared by Transparency International (TI). According to the report, Ghana scored 41 out …
Read More »Voter registration exercise not compulsory, NDC can boycott – Obiri Boahen
The Deputy General of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen says the National Democratic Congress (NDC) can decide to boycott the compilation of new voter’s register which is scheduled to come on April 18, 2020. The Electoral Commission (EC) says it will begin compiling the new voters …
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